caa a22 4500 606237194 CHVBK 20210128101251.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10272-015-0523-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10272-015-0523-5 Gawel Erik Department Ökonomie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany aut Cost Recovery for Water Services in the EU [Elektronische Daten] [Erik Gawel] The EU Water Framework Directive stipulates the principle of cost recovery, including environmental and resource costs, for European water services. Yet a definition of member states' precise obligations is highly controversial. This particularly holds true for the question whether the request for cost recovery can be restricted to water supply and wastewater disposal only, as many member states argue. The European Court of Justice has now decided on the Commission's infringement proceedings against Germany regarding the scope of the term "water services”. In its eagerly awaited substantive decision, the Court dismissed the Commission's action as unfounded but left the door open for further claims. However, many legal arguments in favour of a strict interpretation of cost recovery are not only misleading but also pass up valuable opportunities to deal with scarce water resources in an efficient way. ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Intereconomics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 50/1(2015-01-01), 40-45 0020-5346 50:1<40 2015 50 10272 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-015-0523-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-015-0523-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Gawel Erik Department Ökonomie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Intereconomics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 50/1(2015-01-01), 40-45 0020-5346 50:1<40 2015 50 10272